mǔ
thumb
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 母 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 拇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
thumb | ||
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) | ||
thumb | ||
pinkie | ||
index finger |
Sources